Latest Contributions by MichaelJenkins

I'm on 11.2 and the version shown in Portal Administrator Directory is 11.2, but on /portal/sharing/rest it doesn't show a version number.    If go from the root down to /portal/sharing/rest/portals/self it says current version is 2023.2   Which is interesting because ArcGIS Monitor went from version 10.8.1 to version 2023.0 (latest version is 2023.3       ... View more

If you publish to an ArcGIS Server and choose Copy all Data instead of Reference Data, or if you choose Reference Data but your data source isn't registered you will get the warning "All data will be copied to the server", then a copy of your FGDB is uploaded to the server and ArcGIS Server does use a FGDB as the data source for the service.   This is for a stand alone ArcGIS server, though.  When you have Enterprise, it will always use the Data Store (Relational) to store data for feature services when you choose Copy All Data.  One exception I'm aware of is that if, when publishing from ArcPro, you select "Map Image" in the General tab under Reference registered data, and the location of your source FGDB is not already registered with the server, then it will behave as above and upload a copy of your FGDB. This only works for Map Image Layers, aka dynamic map services, not for hosted feature layers as far as I can tell.   ... View more

Agreed, it is not uncommon to use AGO as your ArcGIS Pro license manager and then interact with other ArcGIS Enterprise Portals.  You only need to ensure you have enough of the right type of Enterprise licenses for your users. ... View more

Yes, the F5 Virtual Server has the DNS C-Name assigned to its IP and a CA SSL applied to it.  The web adaptor server runs IIS and can use a domain cert.  The F5 VS is the only thing end users connect to.   It proxies traffic to a 'pool' which, in this case, only has one server in it and that is the web adaptor server. ... View more

Agreeing with the first comment on both points - shared accounts are to be discouraged, but to reset the password a user must receive an email with a link to rest the password, so simply setting the email for the account to your own will prevent other users from changing the password. ArcGIS Enterprise comes with unlimited viewer accounts, and it is preferred to have users use their own accounts.   ... View more

Have you considered using Hosted feature layer views for each of them?  You would still only have one hosted feature layer, but you could add the views to the web map instead of the source feature layer and then control access via sharing.  Create hosted feature layer views—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation     ... View more

As for REST services, it is just the standard protocol that web applications use to access data.  Whenever you publish a feature layer item in ArcGIS Online, you are creating a REST service.   ArcGIS creates them for you. When you create an ArcGIS Enterprise site, you are hosting a mini-version of ArcGIS Online on your own equipment.  The main advantage of having ArcGIS Enterprise is that it can connect to resources you have on-prem.   Resources like imagery that you have on a file system, File Geodatabases, and most importantly Enterprise Geodatabases (SQL Server, Oracle, etc). There used to be a lot of other things you could only do in ArcGIS Enterprise and not in ArcGIS Online, like hosting imagery services, using a GeoEvent Server and more.   Esri has made many of those features available Online for an additional fee.  You can upload File Geodatabases to AGO, but you cannot connect to an EGDB from ArcGIS Online, so that is one of the key advanatages. There are also aspects of security that can be considered, but that is a pretty big topic on its own.  The main pioint there would be you can put ArcGIS Enterprise behind a firewall for additional security.   ... View more

Looking forward to these updates! ... View more

Yes, perfectly OK if the service is already deleted.    Delete from one level above what you ahve highlighted i.e. the folder that is named with the service name. ... View more